Chapter 288: The filming of "The Witch" was completed, the sharp vision of the great direc

Chapter 288: The filming of "The Witch" was completed, the sharp vision of the great direc

"I really didn't expect Director Ning to be so capable."

On the set of "The Witch", Liu Yifei, in a good mood, sighed like this beside Zhou Qing.

3 million box office!

This is truly an achievement that only top directors like Zhang Chenfeng can achieve.

And now, Ning Hao can do it too!
It can even be said that what Ning Hao achieved is much more impressive than what Zhang Chenfeng achieved.

Why?

The investment in "No Man's Land" is really low.

Zhou Qing revealed to Liu Yifei that the total cost of "No Man's Land" was only 1200 million!

But what is the cost of those other 3 million-level movies?
"Curse of the Golden Flower" cost 3.5 million yuan, and "Red Cliff" cost 7 million yuan, so each one cost about 3.5 million yuan.

Only "If You Are the One" has a lower cost, but it still cost 5000 million.

What about No Man's Land?

Only 1000 million showed up!
With this comprehensive comparison, Ning Hao really seems to be extremely awesome. Liu Yifei admires him very much.

Looking at the entire domestic entertainment industry, it seems that only Zhou Qing can do this kind of thing, right?
"Senior Brother Ning Hao is quite capable, otherwise why would I support him so much?"

Zhou Qingshen nodded in agreement, with a hint of pride subconsciously flashing across his face.

The director he trained is so awesome, shouldn't Zhou Qing be proud of it?
"Yes, yes, yes, it's all because of your sharp vision and your insight into talent. Director Zhou is truly amazing!"

Liu Yifei deliberately used an exaggerated tone to tease Zhou Qing.

But deep down in her heart, Liu Yifei actually admires Zhou Qing very much.

Zhou Qing's vision is really amazing.

Ning Hao, Xue Xiaolu, and Lu Yang were all spotted by Zhou Qing when they were penniless.

Except for Zhou Qing, no one else saw what was so great about these people.

Only Zhou Qing.

But the result?

Without exception, all those people valued by Zhou Qing have achieved great success.

They have all been proven to be gifted and talented directors with extraordinary talents!
Therefore, what Liu Yifei said was right. Zhou Qing's vision was really too vicious.

This is not only true for discovering directors, but also for discovering actors.

Before Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang became famous, who could have imagined that such ugly actors could become top stars?
Just like a joke.

There is also Zhao Liying, whose chubby face does not conform to the mainstream aesthetic of the entertainment industry, but she is already very popular now!
That’s right, Zhao Liying is also popular.

"Chinese Paladin III" was broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV on the day of the Spring Festival, and the ratings were very gratifying.

Although I didn't win the championship in one fell swoop, I managed to get into the top three in just a few days.

In addition, "Chinese Paladin III" had already been broadcast on many local channels before it was broadcast on satellite TV.

It is the ratings champion in many channels including Hubei, Handong, Chengdu, Hangzhou, etc.

With all this accumulation, coupled with the momentum after being broadcast on satellite TV, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III" has become a truly hit drama.

The main female characters, Zhao Liying, Liu Shishi and Tang Yan, all received great bonuses because of this drama.

Each of them has seen a surge in worth and fame.

Especially for Zhao Liying, the female lead, the benefits she gained were enormous.

She used to be a nobody in the entertainment industry, but now she has transformed herself into a third-tier star.

Or the one that’s very close to the third line!

It's not an exaggeration to say that it's hot.

And this is just the beginning. Zhou Qing believes that after "Startling by Each Step" is broadcast again, it will not be difficult for Zhao Liying to become a quasi-first-line star.

"Student Zhou Qing."

News came from Xue Xiaolu that the post-production of "Beijing Meets Seattle" has been completed and the film has been released.

But if we watch the movie, it's obviously not appropriate now.

What's more, Zhou Qing had already planned to release "Beijing Meets Seattle" during the National Day holiday.

After all, Zhou Qing has already crammed two of his own films into the summer schedule, filling up June and July.

In August, it’s not popular to go.

In addition, it would not be appropriate to release a film like "Beijing Meets Seattle" during the Lunar New Year holiday next year.

So after some consideration, Zhou Qing decided that the most appropriate option would be to release it during the National Day holiday.

Although the National Day period is far less popular than the Lunar New Year period, it is not without its advantages.

The competition is far less than that of the Lunar New Year period.

Of course, even so, there are also two domestic blockbusters released during this year's National Day.

One is "Under the Hawthorn Tree" by Zhang Guoshi.

This movie is actually an art film, so its box office potential has inherent limitations. It finally earned 1.4 million yuan at the box office, which is actually very good.

The other one is the blockbuster "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" released by Huayi, which is a serious commercial blockbuster.

In the end, we achieved a good result of 2.9 million yuan.

However, this movie is completely different from "Beijing Meets Seattle" and has little impact on the audience.

So are there any strong Hollywood blockbusters?
Not really!

The biggest rivals of "Beijing Meets Seattle" are these two domestic blockbusters.

Taking all these factors into consideration, there is naturally no problem in sending "Beijing Meets Seattle" to the National Day holiday.

Two-thirds of the filming of "The Witch" has been completed, and basically all the side plots have been filmed.

The rest are nothing more than some exterior scenes and the final scenes of the mysterious company's branch base.

Based on the current progress, Zhou Qing estimates that the filming will be completed in mid-March.

"Sissi, are you ready?"

In the open space on the set, Liu Yifei was reading the script while putting on makeup, so Zhou Qing went to confirm it in person.

"Okay, I'm fine, I can shoot anytime."

Liu Yifei nodded and immediately said to Zhou Qing.

This is a female-lead movie created for her by Zhou Qing. Liu Yifei takes it very seriously and has already memorized the script by heart.

"Get ready, shooting will start in ten minutes."

Zhou Qing gave Liu Yifei some instructions and went to coordinate the related work of other departments.

"All units, prepare."

"start!"

Filming started soon.

Liu Yifei, covered in blood, appeared in the company's branch base with Wang Baoqiang and his gang.

This scene actually follows up on the previous scene where Wang Baoqiang led his men to attack Liu Yifei's house.

In that scene, Liu Yifei was forced to "wake up" and killed all the minions in one go.

But in the end he was taken away by Wang Baoqiang.

"How was it? Did it bring back any memories?"

As Wang Baoqiang led Liu Yifei forward in the base, he spoke to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei kept turning her head to look around, as if she was thinking hard, but unfortunately her eyes were blank.

She doesn't remember it at all.

Of course, I don’t remember if this is fake, it was all put on by the heroine Lee Da-mi.

Being discovered by the mysterious company, being attacked, and forcibly taken back to the company were all just Lee Da-mi's scheme.

"I heard you were very powerful in the past, why don't you look like one at all?"

One of Wang Baoqiang's men challenged Liu Yifei in a very unconvinced manner.

"Brother Qiang, you are not mistaken, are you? Is it really her?"

Another subordinate also confirmed to Wang Baoqiang in complete disbelief. "Shut up, we will arrest whoever the higher-ups tell us to arrest, don't ask about anything else!"

As soon as Wang Baoqiang opened his mouth, a powerful aura emanated from him, and his superb acting skills were fully displayed.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

Behind the monitor, Zhou Qing nodded with satisfaction.

"The 60th Berlin Film Festival has come to an end, with neither "Three Guns" nor "No Man's Land" winning any prizes."

"The highly anticipated No Man's Land was reduced to a runner-up and failed to win any awards at the Berlin Film Festival."

"Director Ning Hao said that he didn't care that 'No Man' didn't win an award, and he didn't really care about awards."

The results of the Berlin Film Festival came out and did not surprise Zhou Qing.

It is reasonable that Zhang Guoshi's "Three Guns" did not win any awards, after all, the movie is really bad.

As for "No Man's Land", although it is better than the version in the original time and space, it is still a little short of winning awards.

Zhou Qing was not surprised that the trip was in vain.

Even so, the previous nominations also contributed a lot of popularity to "No Man's Land", and it was actually converted into box office revenue.

Ning Hao's trip to Berlin was not in vain.

"Brother, I think you have had enough fun this time, right?"

Zhou Qing didn't have any further opinion about the other party not winning the award, he just made such an exclamation.

Although he became a commercial film director, Ning Hao actually always had a passion for art films in his heart.

This time, "No Man's Land" should be considered to have fulfilled Ning Hao's plot.

From now on, Ning Hao will focus on making commercial films.

However, Zhou Qing is actually quite curious about the other party's next movie.

The movie shot by the other party in the original time and space was "The Golden Robbery", but that movie was actually a substitute version of "No Man's Land".

It was precisely because "No Man's Land" failed to pass the review after repeated revisions that Ning Hao used the framework of "No Man's Land" again and created a "reviewed version".

And now?

Thanks to Zhou Qing’s intervention, “No Man’s Land” was successfully released.

So there will probably be no more "The Gold Robbery".

So, will you jump directly to "Lost in Thailand"?

Zhou Qing expressed his great anticipation for this.

"Director Zhou, Twilight 3 has already started filming!"

Director Yang once again reported to Zhou Qing on the progress of Twilight 3, which could be said to be very fast.

However, considering that the "Twilight" series was not large in size and there was the same team as the first two films, Zhou Qing did not find it strange.

I just encouraged the other party and didn't interfere or intervene too much.

The success of the first two "Twilight" movies has proved to Zhou Qing that he can be a hands-off boss with peace of mind.

"Also, I've already secured the rights to The Hunger Games."

Compared to the start of filming of "Twilight 3", the other news reported by Director Yang afterwards really made Zhou Qing excited.

This other super-hit product with a potential of tens of billions is finally in our hands.

Zhou Qing was in such a good mood.

Even the filming of "The Witch" seemed to have become much more lively.

So what is the progress of filming of "The Witch"?
Just as Zhou Qing expected, after the entire month of February, the only scene left was the final decisive battle.

Looking at the entire decisive battle, it was actually completed in a single closed scene.

But it is definitely not easy to shoot.

Because it’s basically all fighting scenes.

Fighting scenes are much more difficult to shoot than literary scenes.

More importantly, this decisive battle does not just have one fight scene, but several fight scenes in succession.

The fighting scenes between the heroine Lee Da-mi and Wang Baoqiang are just an important part of the film.

In addition, there was the group battle between Wang Baoqiang's men and the special forces led by Mr. Cui, the big battle between Mr. Cui and Wang Baoqiang, and the big battle between Mr. Cui and Lee Duomei.

Wait, wait, wait, the fighting never ends.

The entire shooting in March can be summed up in one word: fight.

From beginning to end, it was nothing but fighting.

Plus, the fighting scenes designed by Zhou Qing for this final battle are much more exciting than those in the original movie of "The Witch".

When it comes to exciting fighting scenes in fashion action movies, how can Korea beat China?
The heroine Liu Yifei has a hard life. She is exhausted from fighting all day long.

After work, I went back to bed and didn't want to move.

But even so, Liu Yifei was very excited mentally.

Because Liu Yifei can truly feel how exciting the fighting scenes she filmed are!
"Every unit prepares!"

"start!"

After eleven days of filming, "The Witch" finally had its final shot.

The heroine Lee Da-mi killed all the enemies in front of her, and it can be said that she killed her way through the entire base.

Finally, he succeeded in finding what he wanted: a potion to heal himself.

This is also the reason why Li Duomei tried every means to lure Wang Baoqiang and others and let herself be arrested.

Because of her illness, only the medicine from the mysterious company can cure it.

Snapped!
The clapperboard was immediately put down.

Liu Yifei, covered in blood, was carrying a backpack on one shoulder.

In the corridor filled with blood and corpses, he walked forward step by step.

The photographer followed Liu Yifei closely with a camera and gave her some close-up shots.

"Crack!"

"Sissi, your expression seems a little cold."

"Although your plan was successful, you won't be too happy."

"You are the strongest of all enhanced humans. In your eyes, everyone else is a low-level creature."

"They are all puppets that can only be manipulated by you."

"Would you be happy and excited because you defeated a group of little sheep?"

Liu Yifei fell into deep thought, and after a moment she nodded to Zhou Qing.

"Okay, let's continue filming."

"start."

Liu Yifei's second performance was obviously much better than before.

It completely met Zhou Qing's requirements.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

"Now I declare that the filming of "Witch" has been completed!"

Wow!
There was an immediate burst of warm applause from the audience.

Liu Yifei, Wang Baoqiang and other related actors all had extremely excited smiles on their faces.

Even though they were physically exhausted at the moment, they felt refreshed mentally.

The epic masterpiece "The Witch" is finally completed!

"Everyone has worked hard. Go back and take a shower and have some rest. I have prepared the celebration banquet and no one is allowed to be absent."

Director Zhou Qing announced this to everyone, and immediately received a warm response from everyone. (End of this chapter)